I spent much of my nascent adulthood in New York, with a stint in DC, then somehow landed back in Massachusetts. I grew up on the outermost reaches of Cape Cod. In college, I studied public policy & community health, and since have worked in the philanthropic sector, with an AIDS service organization, and managed to get a few political campaigns under my belt. My latest professional foray is in environmental public health, with LGBTQ youth policy as an after-school activity.

policy & politics; how to make things better for LGBTQ youth in Massachusetts; how many back-up 3 course dinners do I have in my freezer; the slight possibility that Hillary Clinton will demur the 2016 Democratic nomination and instead host of a new HGTV 'love it or list it' show featuring various intl heads of state.

On a typical Friday night I am

either homebound for the weekend or preparing an excessive dinner for friends.

The most private thing I’m willing to admit

As a child, I was practically mute and played incessantly with hundreds of plastic animals that I collected and arranged according to genus.

You should message me if

you're a smart, good person who is passionate about their work and the world; who has a serious side, but knows how to have a good time.